Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (Empoli 1554-1640)

An elegantly dressed young man wearing a hat

Details

Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (Empoli 1554-1640)
An elegantly dressed young man wearing a hat
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
11 3/8 x 5¾ in. (29 x 14.7 cm)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Helbing, Frankfurt, 3-4 May 1932, lot 449.
Walther Bernt (1900-1980), and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The execution of this sheet, with its strong yet occasionally tremulous penwork, as well as its subject are entirely characteristic of Empoli's drawings. Elegantly dressed men, often in a classical contrapposto, appear frequently in his drawn œuvre and the present sheet may be compared to two drawings in the Uffizi showing men in similar fashion (inv. 3458F and 953F; A. Marabottini, Jacopo di Chimenti da Empoli, Rome, 1988, pp. 154 and 157, pls. LXXXII and XC).

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